With just 10 days to go until this year’s Masters, let’s recap one of the low points from last year.
If you can cast your mind all the way back to November last year, you’ll remember one of the most gut-wrenching moments of last year: Tiger Woods’ 10.
The five times Masters champion disappointed fans by hitting 10 strokes at the par 3 12th hole at Augusta during the final round of the 2020 tournament in November last year.
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The defending champion made an incredible comeback in 2019, winning the Masters for the first time in 14 years following a string of various physical injuries.
After much deliberation and confusion about the direction of the wind, Woods shot the ball into the water a total of three times, the last time from a bunker on the other side of the green.
“I committed to the wrong wind,” he said afterwards, “I thought the wind would come off the right but it came off the left”.
“This is unlike any other sport, you’re so alone out there, you have to figure out how to fight”.
Just goes to show that even legends make mistakes sometimes.
Woods was hoping compete at this year’s event before a car crash in the Los Angeles area last month that left him with severe leg injuries.
He is currently in recovery and is undergoing physical therapy. Many celebrities and famous figures reached out to offer their support.
Fans, while disappointed that he won’t be participating in this year’s Masters, have been expressing their relief on social media that the crash had not been fatal or caused any more serious injuries.
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